Re: April 2012 Blind Sniff: Cure for Cold

What a nice theme! I'm looking forward to hearing more from our sniffers.

In fact, right now by chance I am wearing something that has been described as "medicinal", though I don't think it's one of the three (certainly not the first one - no clove here). The descriptions so far make me think about one particular scent ...

Re: April 2012 Blind Sniff: Cure for Cold

RingER sent us a correct guess -- congratulations! First time sniffer, big time winner, most notes she mentions DO tickle my nostrils in A. I also tend to agree about Kenzo L'Elephant similarities, not so much about SL Filles. But altogether, I think you have done wonderfully!

From FrouFrou's combined descriptions, I got one line -- spicy, clovey, and various spices submitted as guesses. Could you please describe what you are actually smelling -- without trying to go through the notes one by one -- that comparison to your Dutch winter stew was very appropriate -- please tell us all what the Dutch stew is about? Meat? Fruit? Comforting? If there is nutmeg -- how much and how it lasts? If there is cinnamon -- is it too aromatic or too dry or Moroccan/Arabic style? If there is pepper -- what kind do you think? Any herbs? Anything else? Would you agree about the woods RingER mentioned? How does the woody component manifest itself? Why do you think A was included into this theme? Pretend you are writing a review for the Directory: listing of the notes is NOT what reviews are about, right?

Re: April 2012 Blind Sniff: Cure for Cold

Well, I'm British... Keep calm and carry on.....!!

I have a list of questions posed by Twolf from another sniff... I shall try and answer them

Try on arm = yes
Try on paper = ok...

brings out a citrus note... tangerine? mandarin?
Spices... which? ..... pretty sure this is nutmeg, cinnamon but very gently hence the Tolu balsam guess, black pepper maybe
Something anisic? ..... berryish like cassie but isn't. Could be licorice?
Something camphorous? .... not camphor, but a herbal type of raised smell, rising above the perfume like camphor but isn't, like eucalyptus but isn't,
Something herbal?.... like rosemary or bay leaf
Something Vanillic? .... don't think it has vanilla in huge quantity, but it's creamy, so could be Tonka or the vanillic part of the Tolu
Flowers? .... I'm sure there are flowers here, but i cannot identify any, maybe Iris or violet shades
Fruits .... I'm getting a real figgy thing here, like dried raisins

Sweetness .... medium sweet gourmand
Perfume grade .... edt
Classification .... niche?
Thin or rich .... rich but transparent not cloying
Linear or changing .... definitely changing fast at the beginning, but settling down
Men or women .... unisex, neither floral nor too masculine
New or old .... I would guess more modern than old. It isn't a classic accord going on here.

I'm going to post this and amend it as I smell

Last edited by mumsy; 26th April 2012 at 09:50 AM.
Reason: sniffing as we go

Re: April 2012 Blind Sniff: Cure for Cold

An early riser here, sometimes very early. Your #43 with summing up is pretty impressive, mumsy: many wonderful things going on with A have been covered. Do you personally find it atttractive at all? I do: after the initial blast (and Frou, no, it is not cloves on me, nonono!), it calms down to an excellent and comforting scent.

Sharing my other find: while trying to respond to your messages, I also included "saripatates" in the recipient box to only receive an Error Message -- guess why? -- there is no "dot" over his "i". Please do not get frustrated.

Re: April 2012 Blind Sniff: Cure for Cold

I would have had it in the Serge Lutens bracket of nice. I'm not sure if it's my cup of tea, but it's interesting, the start isn't very nice, like spreading a christmas pudding on yourself, but the drydown is wonderful and snuggly, comfy slippers in front of a roaring fire.

Re: April 2012 Blind Sniff: Cure for Cold

I'm sniffing my way through the ingredient cupboard and my nose is now totally confused. i shall sit here and sniff a coffee for a bit.

Cypress maybe? My Eucalyptus oil is sweeter than I'm getting off this, but maybe that's the other ingredients toning it down. The Camphor and Eucalyptus I have, both have a minty note which is not in the perfume.